9/11/18 KOKOMO, Ind. – A Kokomo man was arrested for trying to rob a postal worker on Monday afternoon. At around 1:45, a 23-year-old woman was delivering mail on the north side of the city when she was attacked. “We just don’t need that in this neighborhood,” said neighbor Susan Shackelford. Police say Elisha Graham […]
5/11/2018 A mail carrier from Broadview Heights was sentenced to three months of incarceration for stealing packages containing marijuana. Thomas N. Schaefer, 44, previously pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail. Schaefer was assigned to the Newburg Post Office, zip code 44127 in Cleveland, when he stole two parcels in 2017 which contained […]
A New Jersey mail carrier who is a longtime welcome presence in her neighborhood where she works, recently won an award for her 30-year streak of safe driving. SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The season formerly known as spring may be on sabbatical, but for Jeanne McAlary and her neighbors, spotting Robin O’Neill, their […]
Jamaican National Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Bribery 4/3/2018 BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damion Christopher Alexander Brown, 42, a Jamaican National residing in Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – This has been an extremely busy week for the US Postal service.But one letter carrier in OKC has been answering the call the week before every Christmas since the Eisenhower administration. Johnnie Bell joined the USPS in 1956 after serving in the Navy and still works at the downtown OKC post office. […]
FLORISSANT, Mo. (KMOV.com) – Home security footage caught a U.S. Postal Service carrier throwing a package onto a front porch in Florissant on Thursday afternoon. The video was posted to social media from a person who lives on North Pointe Lane. The video shows the carrier throwing the package, then the parcel hits a bench […]
On October 30, 2017 at 7:58pm, a mailman was delivering mail in Columbus, Ohio when 2 black males asked for directions from their car. The mailman said as he approached the older mid-size dark blue or black car with a loud exhaust the passenger exited the car and pointed a gun at him demanding everything […]
ALBANY, Ore. – Dozens of postal carriers took a break from delivering mail to deliver a very special message Tuesday to a fellow mailman who is battling cancer. Longtime Albany mailman Mike Nessen, also known as Trapper, is battling pancreatic cancer. His friends and family said he doesn’t have much more time to live. Mail […]
6/20/17 ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) — Everyone is okay after a car crashes into a McDonald’s on Kishwaukee Street. Now a mom and baby have an unexpected hero to thank for helping them right after the accident. What started as US postal worker Vince Brown’s normal lunch break ended in an act of heroism. Brown says […]
Hand warmers, yak tracks, gloves, wool hats and… shorts? Temperatures in Missoula stayed below freezing Friday, but mail carriers going door to door say shorts actually keep them warmer. “We understand that if you start sweating-you get colder, and that could get even worse. So when it gets to around 6 to 25 degrees, we […]